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Theres so much to worry about in the UK at the moment.
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(They are astonishingly bad at this.)
This is the reasonably simple format that has taken our nation by storm.
The contestants gathered in the Scottish castle are the palpitating heart of the show.
The UKs is the only global iteration of the show not to cast known reality-TV personalities.
At one frankly bizarre point, a sheep ended up saying, I am or amnt out loud.
(You really had to be there.)
No passing comment goes unscrutinized as the collective paranoia deepens.
Its a sickening and perverse joy to watch normal people descend into guarded disbelievers, mistrustful of their peers.
As a viewer, the daily tasks are fun and yet insufferable.
Like teenage foreplay, youre desperate to fast-forward to the good bit.
All Round Table and no tasks makes Jack…have heart palps.
Towering head and shoulders above the contestants is veteran prime-time TV presenter Claudia Winkleman.
She is the silly and serious face of the incredibly silly and serious show.
That juxtaposition of aggressive, accusatory, solemn sleuthing coupled with the is this deliberately funny?
(Oh, and have I mentioned the midnight meetings with torches and cloaks?)
The seriousness of both the contestants and the audience is ultimatelysounserious.
Playing docile and dumb?
Loud in a way that no Traitor could possibly be?
Could you do that too?Couldyou be that nimble in real time?
And were all wondering if we could do the same.
